Posts Tagged ‘History of Head Start’

There’s a famous photo of First Lady Johnson reading to a class of Head Start students in Washington DC. When the photo was taken in 1966, the Head Start program was barely a year old. An important part of President Johnson’s series of legislative efforts known as the War on Poverty, Head Start was designed…

I recently attended the 40th Annual Head Start Convention in Washington, DC. During the conference, attendees received an interesting handout from the NHSA regarding the Head Start logo. I strongly feel that it’s difficult to know where Head Start is going, without first learning and respecting where it’s been. Below is the story of the…